【正文】 ance. The great statue, which was designed by the sculptor Auguste Bartholdi, took ten year s to plete. The act ual figure was made of copper suppor ted by a metal framewor k whi ch had been especi al ly constructed by Eif fel. Bef ore it could be tr ansport ed t o the Uni ted St at es, a sit e had to be found f or it and a pedest al had t o be built . The si te chosen was an island at the entr ance of New York Harbour . By 1884, a st atue which was 151 f et tal, had been erect ed i n Par is. The following year, it was t aken to pieces and sent t o Amer ica. By the end of Oct ober 1886, the st atue had been put t ogether again and i t was offi ci al ly presented to the Amer ican people by Bartholdi. Ever since then, the gr eat monument has been a symbol of l iber ty for the mil lions of people who have pased t hr ough New Yor k Har bour t o make their homes in America. Lesson94 Fut ure champions 未來的冠軍 Exper iments have pr oved that chi ldren can be i nstr ucted in swimmi ng at a very early age. At a special swimmi ng pool i n Los Angeles, chi ldren bee expert at hol di ng t heir breath under water even before t hey can walk. Babi es of two mont hs old do not appear to be reluct ant to ent er t he water, It is not l ong bef or e they are s o accustomed t o swi mming that they can pick up weight s fr om the floor of the pool. A game t hat is ver y popul ar wit h these young swimmer s i s the under wat er tr icycle r ace. Tri cycles are l ined up on the f l oor of t he pool seven f et under water. The chi ldren pet e against each ot her to reach t he other end of the pool. Many pe dal thei r t ri cycl es, but most of them prefer to push or drag them. Some chil dr en can cover the whole l ength of t he pool wi thout ing up for br eath even once. Whether they wil ever bee f ut ur e Olympi c champi ons, only ti me wil tel . Meanwhil e, they shoul d encourage t hose among us who cannot swim fi ve yar ds before t hey ar e gaspi ng f or air . Lesson95 A f ant asy 純屬虛構(gòu) When t he Ambasador of Escal opia r et ur ned hom e f or l unch, his wif e got a shock. He l ooked pal e and his cl ot hes were in a f rightf ul st at e. 39。d pr ef er to stay here,39。I enj oy cl eani ng windows at night.39。clock t rain, but t hat you caught the 8. 25 which woul d st il get you t o wor k on t ime. You se, on t he morning of t he mur der, the o39。 39。 39。clock train t o London,39。 she asked. 39。 39。 39。Your what ?39。s busy wor ki ng, but woul d you m ind i ng wit h m e to t he stai on ?39。 l esson90 Whats f or supper ？ 晚餐吃什么？ Though Brazi l i s one of t he r ichest countr ies i n the wor ld, m uch of i t has not yet been developed. It was mainly f or t hi s r eason t hat he Br azil ian gover nm ent deci ded to have a new cit y bui lt 600 mil es nort h west of Rio de Janeir o. Desi gned by t he great archi tect Luci o Costa, t he new ci ty, Br asil ia, r epl aced Ri o de Janei ro as the capi tal of Br azif in 1960. Br asil ia has been car ef ul ly planned for m oder n li vi ng. It s wi de r oads, whi ch can take f ourt een lanes of t raf ic, have been kept away fr om li vi ng ar eas. Chi ldren do not have t o cr oss busy st reet s t o go t o school. Housewi ves can vi si t shopping cent r es on f oot , f or i n these speci al y desi gned li vi ng areas, cars are unnecessary. At fi rst, the gover nm ent had gr eat di f icul ty i n persuading peopl e to leave Ri o and to set le i n Br asil ia. Si nce 1960, however , t he populati on has been gr owi ng al the tim e. Brasi li a has quickl y establ ished it self as t he capi tal of the count ry. The i dea t o have the capital m oved so f ar i nl and wil have a great ef fect on the f ut ur e of Brazi l. Lesson91 Three m en in a basket 三人同籃 A pil ot not iced a bal oon whi ch seemed to be m aki ng f or a Royal Ai r For ce Stati on near by. He i nf orm ed t he stati on at once, but no one ther e was abl e to expl ai n t he m ystery. The of fi cer in t he contr ol t ower was ver y angry when he heard t he news, because bal loons can be a gr eat danger to air cr af t. He said t hat som eone mi ght by spyi ng on t he stati on and t he pil ot was or dered to keep tr ack of the str ange obj ect. The pil ot m anaged t o cir cl e the bal oon f or some tim e. He coul d m ake out three m en i n a basket under it and one of t hem was hol di ng f ieldglases. When t he bal loon was over t he st ati on, the pi lot saw one of the m en t aking phot ographs. Soon aft er war ds, the bal oon began t o descend and it landed near an ai rf ield. The poli ce wer e cal led in, but they coul d not ar rest anyone, f or t he basket contai ned two Mem ber s of Parl iam ent and t he Comm anding Ofi cer of t he stati on! As t he Commandi ng Of icer expl ai ned later, one hal f of t he st at ion di d not know what t he other hal f was doi ng ! Lesson92 Aski ng f or t rouble 自找麻煩 It must have been about t wo i n the m or ning when I returned hom e. I tr ied to wake up m y wif e by r ingi ng t he door bel l, but she was fast asleep, so I got a l adder fr om the shed i n the gar den, put it agai nst he wal , and began clim bi ng t owards the bedroom window. I was alm ost ther e when a sar cast ic voi ce bel ow said,39。 39。 I suppose i t woul d, but I never catch a later tr ai n.39。Do you al ways cat ch such an earl y tr ai n ?39。 sai d the m an. 39。 asked t he i nspect or . 39。 Of cour se not.39。Thi s i s the Poo and Ee Seed Bir d Com pany. Good ladi es, eveni ng and gent lem en ! 39。Excuse m y i nt er upti ng you. I hate t o i nter upt a m an when he39。 39。How di d your cl ot hes get into such a m es ?39。And wher e wer e you at t he tim e ?39。And how can you explain that ?39。At the time t he murder was mit ted, I was t ravel ing on t he o39。clock. My employer wil l conf ir m that I was ther e on t ime.39。At ten to eight . I bought a paper and wai ted for t he t rain.39。t hat you are not t el ing the tr ut h. I suggest t hat you di d not cat